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W. B. WILLS COLLAPSIBLE BAG HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 21. 1922. 1 424 3? Patented Aug. 1, 1922 2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

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ihpplication-filcd Marshal, 192a Serial no. sea M7.

T 0 all whom may concern Be it known that LWVAL'rsu BRUCE Wimis,

a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore acity, i State of .Maryland. have invented certain new and iuseinl improvements in Collapsible .Bagwlfllolders, of which the v."Zollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to devicesifor holding bag and snore particularly bags used as strainers in the process of making jelly. It will be understood however that the device may alsoibe used :for holding various other'lrindsotbags and similar articles.

The'inyention haswfor its object to provide a novel and improved holder Giltll kind stated which is'foldable into small and sour pact form for convenience in shipment and. storage.

l/Vith the obj ectstatedinview, the inven tion consists inaa combination an d arrange. ment of parts to be hereinafter describedand claimed, and i-neorder that the same may be better understood, reference ishadto the accompanying drawings, wherein,

Figure 1 is a sideelevation ot the device; is aplan view thereof; Fig. 8 is a sideelevation of a fragment oi the device showing a modification; Fig. 4t is=a plan view of the modified structure, and Fig. 5 is a side elevation i of the device showing the same partlyfol ded.

Referring specifically to. thedrawings, the device consists; broadly speaking, of a base, a ipivotally supported bag holder 1 and a means by which the holder is maintained in operative position. i

The base member consists of a rectangular or otherwise shaped lrame made up of a marginal wire 10 and cross wires 11, two of which latter project outwardly from one end of the frame and are formed at their extremities into eyes 12 for pivotally supporting a standard which carries the bag holding member. The wires 11 may be welded or otherwise rigidly secured to the marginal wire 10.

Near one end 13 of the base marginal wire 10 hereinbefore described from which two of the cross wires 11 project is pivotally supported a prop for holding the bag-holder supporting standard in upright position, and the bag holder inoperative position. This prop is composed of a pair of laterally spaced and parallel rods 14 having one end fashioned into eyes 15 through which the bar 13 loosely passes, and having; at their other (.iruls forward bends 10 connected. at their extremities by a cross bend 1 i. The bends 16 arc'formed at then-cuter ends with de" ipressi-ons .18, and intermediate ends the bond 17 has deprassion 19. The entire prop may be made oiia si r g levpi-ece of wire bent into. the shape shown and described.

The supporting standard. of the i bagholder consists of a pair of laterallyspaced andrparallel rods 20 connected one end by a cross bar 21; which passes 1005813 through the eyes .12, whereby the pivotal support for the standard is had. The other ends of the rods 9-0 are connected by a cross bar122. 'The.entiii'e standjard may be con:

structed of a single piece of wire bent to form the side portions 20 and the connect- 111 2 end lportions :21 and 22.

'Thehag-holding; or supporting member isfalso a singleipiece i wiretbent into a ring 23, with two endsot the wire brought together, as shown at 24:, and extending ra dially outward from the ring, and then bent (laterally as shown at 25 and I finally (reap wardly as shownatflfi, and formed with ter minal eyes 27 through which the cross bar 22 looselypassestO'JPIOVlQlG a pivotal. supj port tor the ring 23. The bends Qatare se cured together in, anyxsuitable manner such asby a sleeve EZS-as shown, but, they'inay also be solderedor welded togetherand; the sleeve dispensed with, whichever may be found the most des'rable from a manufacturing standpoint. The bag-supporting ring; 23 ;isthereforeformed with a shank comthe bends 24:, and a rear portion consistii'ug otthe laterally spaced. members 26 con-- nected to the bends 24: by the laterally and inwardly extending bends The device is set up ready for use by swinging the standard and the prop to upright positions in such a manner that the cross bar 22 of the standard side rods 20 seats beneath the forward bends 16 of the prop side rods 14 and in front of saidrods.

The distance between the rear side portions being swung down and come alongside the their outer ends seat in depressions 18 in the depression 19 of the cross bend 12'. a

This engagement of the ring shank with the depressions limits the downward swing of said shank, and the ring 28 is thus securely held in horizontal position. The prop and' r mg member having a shank consisting of a the standard converge toward their upper ends 'whenthey are swung to upright position as described, and the interlocking engagement of the ringshank with the prop as hereinbefore described locks the prop and the'standard together so that their upright position is securely maintained.

Totold the device for convenience in shipment and storage, 1 it is necessary only to disconnect the ringshank from the prop,

which permits the prop and the standard to beswung down to lie in horizontal position close to the base the ring and itsshank standard.

Figs. 3 and 4: structure. Here the side rods 1430f the prop have their forward bends 16and the connecting cross bend 17 made straight, and

to thje; cross bend is welded or otherwise rigidly secured a piece of wire 29 having upturned end portions 30 behind which the lateral bends 25 of the ring sh'an'k seat when the device is set up; The parts 80therefore prevent collaps'e of the standard "and the prop inthe same manner as the depressions l8in the first-described structure. In both structures the stan'dardand the prop are securely locked together, andthe ring firmly "held inoperative position. The standard and the prop cannotbe folded as describe'd'until thering shank is swung upwardly to clear the portions of the prop at the top thereofwith which it is inengagement. 1 V r y Both forms of the device are simple, strong" and durable iii-construction, effective show a A slightly "modified for the purpose intended and may be easily and cheap y manufactured.

I claim:

1. A bag-holder comprising a base, a standard composed of a pair ol laterally spaced side rods connected by across bar at one end and having their other ends pivotally connected to'the base, a bag-supporta members being pivotally supported by the aforesaid cross bar, and a prop consisting of'laterally spacedsiderods pivotally connected at one end to. the base and having their otherends connected by a cross bar on which the aforesaid forward portion or" the shank is adapted toseat to'inaintain the operatlve position of the-said prop having portions thereof near its ends engageable by the attoresaid inward bends oi the shank for maintaining the upright positionfo'f? the standard and the prop. .52. A bag-holder comprising a base standard nvotally connected at one end to the base and having at its other end a cross bar, a bag-supporting membei" having a shank which is pivotally supported by the" aforesaid cross bar, said shank havinglaterally directed portions intermediateits ends, and a prop pivotally connected to the 5 base at one end and having at its other end a cross bar 'onwhich the aforesaid shank'is "adapted to seat to maintain the operative position of the hag-supporting member, said prop also having end portions engageable by the aforesaid laterally directed portions of the shank for maintaining the upright position of the standard and the prop;

V In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

WALTER nnuon WILLS. 

